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How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Variety description forms for applications to add amateur vegetables to the national list.
How much it costs to apply for plant breeders’ rights or to add a new plant variety to the national list.
The seeds which must be certified before you can market them, how to get them certified and how to get a licence for your seed business.
Form to apply to be a maintainer of a plant variety on the UK National List.
Form for the notification of bulking of seed from crops of the same variety.
Farm Saved Seed rules, eligible species for payment and how to declare and make payments online.
Varieties of plant species that Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) and Northern Ireland require to be registered on their variety lists.
How to use Method 2 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
The Tribunal makes decisions about national listing of new varieties of plants, UK plant variety rights and certain forestry matters. PVST is a tribunal of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
Read about the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions for low input grassland, what land is eligible for each action and what you need to do to get paid.
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What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
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